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"Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power."
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"Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is."
"Every woman's heart cannot be opened with words, sometimes you need to use your hands."
"Everybody talks, but there is no conversation."
"It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence whether a man be behind it or no."
"Without emotion, all thoughts or words are powerless."
"We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence and start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors."
"Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves."
"The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them - the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status."
"To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness."
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"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."
"America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success."
"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young."
"Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times."
"The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture."
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