I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

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

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.