To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Keep things 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

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.