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.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

God has created the world in play.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.