Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

A language is like living skin itself.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.