A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.