In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

You can't unscramble an egg.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.