we should think not only of what the leader does to the group, but also of what the group does to the leader.

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.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

the leader releases energy, unites energies, and all with the object not only of carrying out a purpose, but of creating further and larger purposes. And I do not mean here by larger purposes mergers or more branches; I speak of larger in the qualitative rather than the quantitative sense. I mean purposes which will include more of those fundamental values for which most of us agree we are really living.

administrative purpose usually outruns the facts. Indeed the administrative official's ardor for facts usually begins when he wants to change the facts!

We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.

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.