“Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.”
“Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.”
“Reading well is one of the greatest pleasures that solitude can afford you.”
“Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf.”
“Above all, consider this: The greatest gift we can give ourselves, our children, and our world is to live well and love well.”
“I sit here very respectfully to listen to you. If what you want to do is put on a show and giggle every time I talk, well then I have no interest in answering your question. So if you'd like to conduct a respectful conversation, I'm happy to do it. If you don't, sit down and I'll answer the next question. What's your choice?”