All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

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

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.