The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.