Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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.

To teach isto learn twice.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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…

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall 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.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.