There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

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

Talk in terms of the other person's interests.