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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There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.
Adversityis the foundation of virtue.
Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.
When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.
Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.
Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.
Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.
Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.