Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love.

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

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

Listen with ears of tolerance, see through the eyes of compassion, speak with language of love.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Everything you say should be true but not everything true should be said.

When elephants fight, ants get killed.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Howsoever you may repair it, a rift is a rift.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Most conversations are just alternating monologues. The question is, is there any real listening going on.

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

Listening is a magnetic and strong thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.

Love is reflected in love.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl of be found in the dark folds of life.

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

And God said love your enemy and I obeyed him and loved myself.