A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.
permalink source: Chinese ProverbI have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
permalink source: Harry S. TrumanFrogs croak day and night, yet people loath them. But when the cock crows only once, everything under the sky comes into motion. It is important to speak at the proper time, and that is all.
permalink source: Meng-TzuThe problem with the good advice is it's mostly much too simple. Joe Straczinski told me about the time that he, when young, got hold of Harlan Ellison's phone number and phoned him up. He explained that he was a young writer and nobody would publish him. According to Joe, Harlan said "They won't publish you because you're writing crap. Stop writing crap and they'll publish you." Which was very good advice, and Joe took it. But it's sort of simple.
permalink source: Neil GaimanI will function as a whetstone, which can make steel sharp, though itself not capable of cutting.
permalink source: Horace, Art of Poetry, 304-305