Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.