Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.