A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.