We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

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...

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.