A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world

Love will not always linger longest with those who hold it in too clenched a fist.

Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

No one really believes in equality who's on top.

Conversation is a partnership, not a relation of master and slave, as most people try to make it.

People love to talk but hate to listen.