Nine times out of

Nine times out of
Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.
  

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The art of life is the avoiding of pain.
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.
The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.
If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.
The warexisting between the senses and reason.
Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.