Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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