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.

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

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

A quiettongue shows a wise head.