If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

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

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.