It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.