A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.