Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.