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.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.