Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.