Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

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.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.