Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.

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

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.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.