A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.