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

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

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.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.