A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

The greatest prayer is patience.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

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

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

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

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it