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.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

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

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

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

Stability is not immobility

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking