Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

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.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out