Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

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.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.