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

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.