A wise person will listen and take in more instruction.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism

Change is an action not just an epiphany!

Three weeks ago, she learned how to drive. Last week she learned how to aim it.

These early decisions can foreclose many opportunities to reshape the patterns of development in a community so as to make it better and safer by reducing vulnerability to future disasters.

I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy.

If you never quit, you're never beaten.

People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy.