Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

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.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.