Paul Ekman

"Fear can be conquered by understanding it first in the faces of others."

"The face remembers what the mind tries to forget."

"In every culture, some expressions are celebrated and others suppressed."

"The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the mouth is the door to deception."

"Anger is power without control; understanding anger is the first step to leadership."

"The face is the bridge between the internal world of emotion and the external world of action."

"To be truly persuasive, your face must align with your message."

"The most honest moment in a human interaction is often the first glimpse of the face."

"Emotions are the language we spoke before we invented words."

"The face cannot hold a secret for more than a few milliseconds."

"To understand violence, you must learn to see it coming in the face."

"Every smile is either genuine or a masterpiece of performance."

"The face is the final frontier of human honesty in a world of deception."

"In love, the face becomes transparent—all pretense falls away."

"The greatest gift of understanding expressions is understanding yourself."

"Fear and courage live side by side on the human face."

"The face tells the story that words are too slow to speak."

"Every human being carries the capacity to express the full range of human emotion on their face."

"To truly see another person, you must learn to read the poetry written in their expressions."

"The face is where nature and nurture shake hands in eternal dialogue."

"Contempt is the death knell of relationships because it denies the other's worth."

"Understanding your own face is the first step to understanding others."

"The face remembers joy and sorrow long after the mind has moved on."

"In the final analysis, the face is the most important instrument we possess for human connection."