Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

What is well done is done soon enough.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.