I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

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

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

The first duty of love is to listen.