Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.