We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

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

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.