The World is but, a school of inquiry.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

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.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.