List of points

Authority. This does not consist in the one above yelling at the one below, and he in turn to the one further down.

In such a way of behaving — a caricature of authority — apart from an evident lack of charity and of decent human standards, all that is achieved is that the one at the top becomes isolated from those who are governed, because he does not serve them. Rather it could be said that he uses them!

Don’t be one of those who let their own homes be badly managed but attempt to meddle in the management of other people’s.

If authority becomes dictatorial authoritarianism, and this situation is extended in time, historical continuity is lost. Those who govern die or become old. People without experience in government become mature in age, and the inexperienced and excitable young want to grab hold of the reins. How many evils and how many offences against God — their own and those of others — are to be blamed on the ones who abuse authority so badly!

When he who commands is negative and distrustful, he will easily become tyrannical.

Eagerness for novelty can lead to mismanagement.

—You say we need a new set of rules… But do you think the human body would be better with a different system of nerves and arteries?

Having a position of high authority, you would be imprudent to interpret the silence of those who listen to you as a sign of acquiescence. Ask yourself whether you allow them to make suggestions, or whether you take offence if they actually let you know what they think. —You must change your ways.