Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

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 greatharmony.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges