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.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

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