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

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

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.