Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

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.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.