A room without books is a body without soul

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

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.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

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.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

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

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…