Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

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.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

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.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.