Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

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.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.