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.
Extremists on all sides thrive, fed by the blood lust of centuries gone by.
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Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
The free flow of conflicting ideas and feelings is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no one individual would have come to on his own.
We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what they are going to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
True success, true wealth, does not come out of the barrel of a gun.
