If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.