Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.