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

... 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

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.