Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

The property of power is to protect.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.