Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.