Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

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

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

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

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

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.