When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

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.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.