I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.