No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

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.