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

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.