At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.
- Topic: Communication, Knowledge, Speech
- Location: Mount Rainier National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Do the difficult things while they are easy, and do the great things while they are small.
A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.
He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.
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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.
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.
Madness does not govern a country; discussion does.
A fast way to demolish relationships, shatter credibility and disrespect yourself is by not following through when you say you are going to do something.
The better you are at communicating negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
The most crucial use of knowledge and education is to understand the importance of developing a good heart.
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.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
Listen with ears of tolerance, see through the eyes of compassion, speak with language of love.
