Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

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 greatharmony.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.