A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.

I've learned... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

Numbers are the most certain things we have.

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

There is obviously a great human need for religion because life seems to be such a mystery.

Every one starts out being an atheist.

I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.