A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.