Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.