Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

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

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.