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.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

The first duty of love is to listen.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.