The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

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

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

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.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.