Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.