To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

What is well done is done soon enough.