To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

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.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.