The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.