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

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.