Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Only the educated are free.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.