The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

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

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

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.