Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

He understands badly who listens badly.

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

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

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

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.