Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

When weblame, we give away our power.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

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

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

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