Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

All thingsat first appear difficult.