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.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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 Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.