We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Genius is a long impatience.

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 wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.