In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

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.

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

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

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