A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

The comforter's head never aches.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They