Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

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

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.