A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.