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

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

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.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.