Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.