Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist