Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

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

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.