Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.