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

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.