Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Our distrust is very expensive.

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.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

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

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.