Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Every advantage has its tax

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.