Patience is the art of hoping.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

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.