Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Keepthings 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

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.