Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.