Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

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.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

The present is never a happy state to any being