Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.