Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

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.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.