The way to become boring is to say everything.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

Born, n. a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

On his tongue they pour sweet dew, and from his mouth flow gentle words.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.

The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.

It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason.

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.