Dig a well before you are thirsty.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

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.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Genius is a long impatience.

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.