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.….

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..

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim..

Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader - the common purpose. The best executives put this common purpose clearly before their g….

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

All polishing is done by friction..

There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromi….

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention..

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

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 t….

Give your difference, welcome my difference, unify all difference in the larger whole - such is the law of growth. The unifying of difference is the ….

The most successful leader of all is the one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which are not yet there... Above all, he….

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 ….

It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable diff….

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 deve….

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 alternativ….

That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation..

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..

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature..

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders..