No strength within, no respect without.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

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.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.