Anempty sack cannot stand up.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

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.