Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

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

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.