The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

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

The present is never a happy state to any being

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.