Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

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

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid