Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

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.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.