The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

The comforter's head never aches.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

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.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.