Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.