Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.