The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

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

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character