Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war