“Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.”

“Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.”

“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!”

“Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.”

“Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.”

“Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.”

“So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days, you can hear their chorus rushing past...”

“You can listen to silence, Reuven. I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. It talks to me sometimes. I feel myself aliv...”

“Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”