Keep things 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

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

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

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

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.