Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Liberation is not deliverance.

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

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.