Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

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

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.