Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

Excessive wealth is a great problem masquerading as a great good.

People who parade their holiness are operating dangerously close to the sin of pride.

Two of the biggest conversational blunders you can make are saying something when you should stay silent, and staying silent when you should say something.

The best teachers aren't those who answer our questions, but those who question our answers.

We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.