Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of read more

Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why --but the editorialists forget it --terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.

Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

By words the mind is winged.

By words the mind is winged.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Quotes from Mao, Castro, and Che Guevara... are as germane to our highly technological, computerized society as a stagecoach on read more

Quotes from Mao, Castro, and Che Guevara... are as germane to our highly technological, computerized society as a stagecoach on a jet runway at Kennedy airport.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.