Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only.
From Robert Shea
Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.
The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.
A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.
Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?
Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.
Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.
But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.
Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.
It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.
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