The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.