Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.