I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

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

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.