The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

If you can't love visible people, then how can u love invisible God. - Mother teresa

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

A room without books is a body without soul

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.