In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.