To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

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.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.