Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Faith is continuation of reason.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

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

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.