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

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.