It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

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 great harmony.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.