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.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.