People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

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

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

Well done is better than well said.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.