"All the problems of the world could be settled easily, if men were only willing to think.”

When Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler uttered these words he pointed a way to “on earth peace, good will toward men” that is ageless in its application to our individual problems.

For it is true that the man who really thinks, invariably thinks straight. His is the orderly, analytical, constructive process of thinking, and the inevitable result of such thinking is not only greater understanding and a keener, truer perspective, but also a spiritual accomplishment which makes for higher principles and finer character. Such a man is invariably fair in his judgment, liberal in his praise, constructive in his criticism and intelligent in his advice.

Out of his past he draws liberally every day of his life in planning for his future. He has learned not only the things to do but the things not to do — learned above all that knowledge of the latter is just as important to his future as the former. Unceasing in his efforts to capitalize this knowledge, he has gradually achieved vision. The present is merely a revelation of what the future should mean to him as an individual.

In such a man the pros and cons of every revolutionary mental issue are immediately subjected to a court of arbitration — a court within himself which employs the full power of his intellect to arbitrate the issue with wisdom and fairness.

Thomas J. Watson