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

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

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

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.