Words are, of course,

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

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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.
Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.
I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.
If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.
There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.
It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.
Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.