Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

A room without books is a body without soul

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.