Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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

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

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.