In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, delve deep into the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In work, be competent. In action, be careful of your timing.

The means-and-ends moralists, or non-doers, always end up on their ends without any means.

Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.

Think sideways!

The philosopher's treatment of a question is like the treatment of an illness.

Charity begins at home.

Everything is possible. Pass the word.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Death is a spirit leaving a body, sort of like a shell leaving the nut behind.

Moneyliness is next to Godliness.

About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

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The best you get is an even break.

Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.

All of us should treasure his Oriental wisdom and his preaching of a Zen-like detachment, as exemplified by his constant reminder to clerks, tellers, or others who grew excited by his presence in their banks: "Just lie down on the floor and keep calm

An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed the Managing Director's chance to kiss the tea-girl. It is the tea-girl's chance to kiss the Managing Director (however bizarre an ambition this may seem to anyone who has seen the Managing Director f

May you live in uninteresting times.

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.

At ebb tide I wrote a line upon the sand, and gave it all my heart and all my soul. At flood tide I returned to read what I had inscribed and found my ignorance upon the shore.