A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Stability is not immobility

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side