A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

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

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.