People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that’s how they’ll react. But if you say, ‚We want peace, we want stability,‘ we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

The question isn’t, ‚What do we want to know about people?‘, It’s, ‚What do people want to tell about themselves?‘

But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn’t matter. You said, ‚That’s an American‘ because there’s a readiness to smile and to talk to people.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

Parents and teachers, learn to listen, then listen to learn from children.

People don’t realise how difficult it is to work with people day in and day out that know absolutely nothing.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Don’t ever call a guy first. The thing they want the most is whatever they can’t have. It sounds really juvenile, but it works.

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.

Yes, sir, no, sir, clock in, clock out. Why were you late? Why are you not in today? That’s not how humans are supposed to live.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don’t speak unless I have to.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

I try to speak plainly so that my constituents who don’t follow the nuances of government like I do, because they’re too busy earning a real living, can understand the issues before me. None of this stuff is brain surgery.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Dialogue means debates and everyone’s point of view.

When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

When you really don’t like a guy, they’re all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they’re no longer interested.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

What women need to understand is that men don’t communicate. It’s not intentional or on purpose. We’re just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.

Art was, seriously, the only thing I’d ever wanted to own. It has always been for me a stable nourishment. I use it. It can change the way that I feel in the mornings.

I’m sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.

Peace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

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.

Occasionally I’ve seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one’s experiences in common.

I purposely don’t talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It’s not about the money.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it – I think that’s important.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.