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

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Only the educated are free.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

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

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.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.