Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

When one remains silent in the face of oppression, one is on the side of the oppressor.

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

After all, the only proper intoxication is conversation.

Speak not, but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

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.

The No. 1 reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

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

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

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

A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.

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

I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.

The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within solitude of his own heart.