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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All bravery stands upon comparisons.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.
Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.
Only few men think, but all have opinions.
Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.
Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.
Necessitynever made a good bargain.
I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.
Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.