Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

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

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

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

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

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.