The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

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

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

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

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.