Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

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

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.