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

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

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

Genius is a long impatience.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.