To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frigthened.

For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Life is too short to be taken seriously.

No one finds life worth living; he must make it worth living.

Life is tragic for those who have plenty to live on and nothing to live for.

After all, life is really simple; we ourselves create the circumstances that complicate it.

The average person living to age 70 has 613,000 hours of life. This is too long a period not to have fun.

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.