No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

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

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.