Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint.

An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."