He understands badly who listens badly.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Life is different than teacher, A Teacher teaches lesson, then keeps the exam. But the life keeps the exam first, then teaches the lesson,

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.