Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

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 best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.