You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

To be interesting, be interested.

Why prove to a man he is wrong? Is that going to make him like you? Why not let him save face? He didn't ask for your opinion. He didn't want it. Why argue with him? You can't win an argument, because if you lose, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. Why? You will feel fine. But what about him? You have made him feel inferior, you hurt his pride, insult his intelligence, his judgment, and his self-respect, and he'll resent your triumph. That will make him strike back, but it will never make him want to change his mind. A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.

When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.

Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.

Patience and perserverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong.

People aren't interested in you. They're interested in themselves