Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

The first duty of love is to listen.

To beprepared is half the victory.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

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

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.