The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.