He understands badly who listens badly.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

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