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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.