Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

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.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.