Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

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.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

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,

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.