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.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

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

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

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.