It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Keepthings 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

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.