Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

  • -- Erich Fromm 埃里希·弗洛姆

权威不是一个人“拥有”的品质,也就是说他拥有财产或身体素质。权威是指人与人之间的一种关系,在这种关系中,一个人认为另一个人比他优越。

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A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.

总质量的一个基本原则逃过了太多管理者的注意:只有逐步完善相互依赖的人际关系,才能不断改进相互依赖的系统和过程。

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

权势认为牺牲者的痛苦是忘恩负义。

We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.

与科学相比,我们高估了艺术的价值。

I've never been any good with authority.

我对权威从来就不在行。

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

给我们足够的,但不要吝啬。