Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

The greatest prayer is patience.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

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

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.