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.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

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

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.