Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

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.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

What is well done is done soon enough.