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

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to