Conflictis the gadfly

Conflictis the gadfly
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.
  

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Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.
Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government
Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.
Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.
The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.
Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.
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Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.