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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Wecannot always

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Being virtuous is

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Silenceis foolish if

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Tell meand I'll forget.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

A round egg can

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

A man may die,

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Let us nevernegotiate

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Whenconflict becomes

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

The civilisation of

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

The lust for power

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Get someone else

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Thegreatest lesson in

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

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