The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

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 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.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.