The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

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.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.