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.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.