Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Only the educated are free.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

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.