"You have a brain and mind of your own. USE IT, and reach your
own decisions. If you need facts or information from other
people, to enable you to reach decisions, as you probably will in
many instances; acquire these facts or secure the information
you need quietly, without disclosing your purpose.
It is characteristic of people who have but a smattering or a
veneer of knowledge to try to give the impression that they have
much knowledge. Such people generally do TOO MUCH talking,
and TOO LITTLE listening. Keep your eyes and ears wide open
and your mouth CLOSED, if you wish to acquire the habit
of prompt DECISION. Those who talk too much do little else.
If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself
of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but
you also disclose your PLANS and PURPOSES to people who
will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy
you. "
"Remember, also, that every time you open your mouth in the
presence of a person who has an abundance of knowledge, you
display to that person, your exact stock of knowledge, or your
LACK of it!"
"Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and
silence."
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