Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

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.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.