When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

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.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

A language is like living skin itself.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.