Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

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

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.