A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.