The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself.

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race.

Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy.

Time the devourer of everything.

The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a powerful leverage on his human world.

To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.

Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.

Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.

Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.

The mature mind seeks to follow through.

Having a college degree does not make you educated. Always learning new things is what makes you educated.

The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.

He who sleeps does not sin.

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie.

But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.

What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.

You will never become rich, until you hate poverty

Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, - it largely increases the product.

Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.

Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.