Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

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

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.