The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

A room without books is a body without soul

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.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.