Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

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

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.