During war, the laws are silent.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

Either the future is subject to chance--in which case nobody, not even a god, can affect it one way or the other--or it is predestined, in which case foreknowledge cannot avert it.

Avoid taking a definite stand on great public issues either in the Senate or before the people. Bend your energies towards making friends of key men in all classes of voters.

Success, for most people, requires unlearning as much as learning.

When you know your life mission and life goal, you will be better able to avoid the life traps

People whose eyes shine are happy to be alive. They see life and it’s glory even when things aren’t easy.And because they see life, even through all the problems and obstacles, their eyes shine.

You have to change your environment to serve your purpose.

I am indeed a king because I know how to rule myself.

You are not an "author, " you are a writer. If your books are still selling like hotcakes ten years after your demise, THEN you're an author.

The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees failure in life.

I saw men whom thirty years had changed but slightly; but their wives had grown old. These were good women; it is very wearing to be good.

He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people were the blood, circulating everywhere.

When you create a business, you create something that improves the life of your customer, of another person, maybe of ten people, of a thousand people, of a million people. There's no higher calling.