A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

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

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.