It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

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

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

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

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.