There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

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.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.