Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.