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

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

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

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 is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.