Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

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

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.