Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

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.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.