A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

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.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...