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

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

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

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

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

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.