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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.