Instinct is the nose of the mind.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

No strength within, no respect without.

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

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.