Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

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.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.