Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

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.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

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

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.