Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

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

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.