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,

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

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

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.