Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.