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.

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

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall 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.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.