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

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

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.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Power comes from sincere service

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.