Born, n. a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

People don’t get along because they fear each other. People fear each other because they don’t know each other. They don’t know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

After all, the only proper intoxication is conversation.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Man is a social animal.

When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.

Meaningful silence is better than meaningless words.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.