If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.