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

Buying ischeaper than asking.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"