They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou