The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

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

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

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.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.