Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

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

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

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...

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.