Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Takecare, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you willforever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make adifference, if you choose to do so.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.