You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

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 prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

To beprepared is half the victory.