Nogarden is without its weeds.

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.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol