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.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Compromise.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.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

It's good to shut up sometimes.