You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.