A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.