Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

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,

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

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

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.