The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

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

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.