Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.