The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

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.

Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.

(A smile) costs nothing, but creates much.

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.