To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

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

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

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

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