There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.