A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.