... orders come from the work, not work from the orders.

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.

Because rights are only claims against other people, and not claims on other people and their property, rights end when they infringe on the rights of others.

People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

If it were easy to resist, it would not be called chocolate cake.

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force.

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

National 21 drinking age, huh, what do you think about that? A bunch of malarkey, whatever malarkey is, man, it's a whole bunch of it.

Now we have this idea that, not only do you go to first grade to learn your family's language, but you go to a university to learn about the person you were before you left home.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.