Another Samurai Insight on Leadership

"...the proverb says, 'fish do not live in clean water,'  It is the seaweed that provides fish with a hiding place in which to grow safely to maturity.  It is because one sometimes overlooks details and does not lend an ear to minor complaints that those in one's service are able to live in peace.  An understanding of this point is essential when considering the character and deportment of others."

Jocho Yamamoto
Hagakure

quoted by
Yukio Mishima
The Way of the Samurai

“I charged the Saints not to follow the example of the adversary in accusing the brethren, and said, “If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you.... If you will not accuse me, I will not accuse you. If you will throw a cloak of charity over my sins, I will over yours—for charity covereth a multitude of sins.”

                                                       Joseph Smith