I am free when I am functioning here in time and space as the creative will. ... freedom by our definition is obedience to the law of one's nature.

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.

That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.

Management is the art of getting things done through people.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note; that is the secret of the group.

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.

The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

My grandmotherhad no time for old, no matter how her face crinkledor her days folded like an apron aroundher middle.

In one way or another, you owe your life to Mother.

Henry loves my hair almost as though it is a creature unto itself, as though it has a soul to call its own, as though it could love him back.

Being a public defender makes you incredibly paranoid - and I would say with reason - about law enforcement.

It's terrible to know that no matter how you try to help your child, his condition will worsen.

Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not.

It's true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That's the only reason for living, in fact.

How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.

Faith is the most powerful of all forces operating in humanity and when you have it in depth nothing can get you down.