The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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

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

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.