Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.