The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.