The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

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

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.