A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

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

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.