Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

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

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

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.