To be able to practice five things everywhere under the heaven constitutes perfect virtue. . . gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.
- Topic: Listening, Wisdom
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
Understanding a question is half an answer.
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.
The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.
