Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.

The reason you have descended into physical life is to unleash the power of your soul upon Earth.

One day fascism will be treated with psychoanalysis.

Patience and foresight are the two most important qualities in business

A short retirement urges a sweet return.

He cared for languages dead long enough that they wouldn’t change on him.

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.

There's nothing like the comfort of a silence that's comfortable.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

Prayer has a right to the word "ineffable." It is an hour of outpourings which words cannot express,--of that interior speech which we do not articulate, even when we employ it.