Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.