Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.