Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

we certainly do not want to abolish power, that would be abolishing life itself, but we need a new orientation toward it.

The ignoring of differences is the most fatal mistake in politics or industry or international life: every difference that is swept up into a bigger conception feeds and enriches society; every difference which is ignored feeds on society and eventually corrupts it.

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

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.

It seems to me that whereas power usually means power-over, the power of some person or group over some other person or group, it is possible to develop the conception of power-with, a jointly developed power, a co-active, not a coercive power.

Many people tell me what I ought to do and just how I ought to do it, but Few have made me want to do something.