The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

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.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.