The funniest people are the saddest ones

Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.

You can force the people to obey; you cannot force them to understand.

Not to talk with people although they can be talked with is to waste people. To talk with people although they can't be talked with is to waste words. A man of understanding does not waste people, but he also does not waste words.

All people are the same; only their habits differ.

You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.

Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.

If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots, you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.