Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

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

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the