Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

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.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.