11 Quotes by David W. Augsburger

Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.

An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.

Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility.

Theologically, the creation of chocolate demonstrates both the unity and the diversity of humanity. Wherever you taste it, in every country of the world, it is immediately recognizable. Other things, in every cuisine, are just food, but chocolate is chocolate.

Happiness is living by inner purpose.

The more we run from conflict, the more it masters us; the more we try to avoid it, the more it controls us; the less we fear conflict, the less it confuses us; the less we deny our differences, the less they divide us.

The man who forgives pays a tremendous price – the price of the evil he forgives.

If chocolate is a foretaste of heaven, what does it mean that chocolate is freely available to all?

The golden rule of friendship is to listne to others as you would have them listen to you.