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.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

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

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

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

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.