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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Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.
Malicedrinketh its own poison.
Throughconflict we get to unity.
Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.
The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical
No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .
Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.
Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.
Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.