The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

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

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.