“Persuasion is more effective than force.”

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

Little friends may prove great friends.

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.

United we stand; divided we fall.

One story sounds good until another is told.

Self-help is the best help.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

Shame is a tool of oppression and dehumanization. I don’t believe shame will ever be an effective social just tool. ⁣

Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.

Creativity allows people to be effective.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

I think that more flow of information, the ability to stay connected to more people makes people more effective as people.

The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.