Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.