“Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.”

We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.

Most of us believe everyone has a right to his own opinion – as long as it agrees with ours.

Don’t take a butcher’s advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he’d be a chef.

I’ve learned, That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

Most of us aren’t that interested in getting rich- we just don’t want to get poor.

I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that’s why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.

Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.

I’ve learned, That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.

Age is nothing but experience, and some of us are more experienced than others

I’ve learned, That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.

The fastest thing computers do is go obsolete.

When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.

I’ve learned, That love, not time, heals all wounds.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

Behavior shapes emotions.

The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.

She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.

The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters – because we never know which things might.

You can’t make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.

You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently.

And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.