Genius is a long impatience.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

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

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

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.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.