Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

If you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body...." -ABDUL KALAM..

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

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

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.