Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

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 slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

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

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

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.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.