Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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.

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

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

You can't unscramble an egg.