"Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
More by Benjamin Franklin
“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.”
More on Communication
“In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key.”
“The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.”
“How much an ill word may empoison liking!”
More on Relationships
“Space really means the level of awareness or presence, not thinking. So, can you look at your partner and not think? Two conscious beings realize that the essence of the relationship is the space in it. Even when there is an egoic overlay, it is not too dense or heavy for you to sense the essence underneath it. You don't need to react to the egoic overlay. When you don't react to it you don't strengthen it.”
“History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.”
“It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.”