The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

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.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge