Status in English

“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.”

“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.”

“Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker.When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.”

“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.”

“Do I not effectually destroy my enemies, in making them my friends?”

“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.”

“It’s useless to hold a person to anything he says while he’s in love, drunk, or running for office.”

“Misers aren’t fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors.”

“To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.”

“Silence is the true friend that never betrays.”

“All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.”