And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "Use it well, use it wisely.

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.

Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

The quality of owning freezes you forever in "I," and cuts you off forever from the "we.

Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.

His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.