Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

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.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

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

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.