In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.

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.

When we identify the thoughts that keep us from seeing others as they truly are we prepare the ground for real love.

He's an undersized pissant with delusions of adequacy.

The things we overcome in life really become our strengths.

I'm an idiot anyway, but sometimes you feel like an idiot times ten when you're stoned.

You bled on the Speaking stars ...I bet there's a law somewhere about that.

Bad news, it's going to be a huge environmental disaster, the oil rig down there in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is they think now that the oil spill will be diluted by the melting ice caps.

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.

Each and all, we are riding into the dark. Even living, we cannot remember half the events of our own days.

I just want to be known as a clown because to me, that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything - sing, dance and, above all, make people laugh.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.