Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Buying ischeaper than asking.