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.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.