No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di