A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

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.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination