The conflict of chemistry we do not think reprehensible. If we could look at social conflict as neither good nor bad, but simply a fact, we should make great strides in our thinking.

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.

The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows.

... good intentions are not sufficient to solve our problems.

The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results - these are the qualities of a leader.

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

We are sometime truly to see our life as positive, not negative, as made up of continuous willing, not of constraints and prohibition.