The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Keep things 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

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

To beprepared is half the victory.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.