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Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
Very important people have told me that they prefer good listeners to good talkers, but the ability to listen seems rarer than almost any other good trait.’
If you are going to prove anything, don’t let anybody know it. Do it so subtly, so adroitly, that no one will feel that you are doing it.
The sun can make you take off your coat more quickly than the wind; and kindliness, the friendly approach and appreciation can make people change their minds more readily than all the bluster and storming in the world.