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.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

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