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

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous