Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

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