When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Keep things 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

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.