Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.