It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.