Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.