Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

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

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.