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.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.