A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.