There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Our distrust is very expensive.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.