Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

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

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

A good conscience is the best divinity.