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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

To beprepared is half the victory.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.