The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

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 evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

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

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

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.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.