Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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.