The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Ittakes time to save time.

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.