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.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.