Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

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

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

A language is like living skin itself.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

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

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.