A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Thereare two sides to every question.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.