If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes