Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.