Concepts can never be presented to me merely, they must be knitted into the structure of my being, and this can only be done through my own activity.

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.

One has to learn contentment, forgiveness, and purpose on her own before the universe allows her to share her happiness with another soul.

Just make sure that the thing you're living for is worth dying for." --Levi

The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as they sought their own freedom.

As long as a man feels that he is the most important thing in the world he cannot really appreciate the world around him.

The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. Theres never a need to feel lost anymore.

Without the ontological assumption which goes with it, what is called science, is nothing but the dreamer's well-ordered dream.

Even with painting, even abstract paintings, you need the incoming of, light on the canvas.

Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.

I consider myself an average man, except in the fact that I consider myself an average man.