No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

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.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.