Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill 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

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.