Thetorment of human

Thetorment of human
Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
  

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In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.
Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.
Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.
Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.
If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.
It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.