Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

God made time, but man made haste.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.