The best way to deal with an argument is to avoid entering into one.

Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to do all kinds of functions, such as cutting and pasting, with a mouse, so it's not only easier to use but more efficient.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.  

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dull or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.