Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

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.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.