A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

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

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

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.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to