Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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