I hold it to be

I hold it to be
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
  

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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him
One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned
Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
When weblame, we give away our power.
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.
Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.
I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.
Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.
Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.