The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

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

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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