Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.