Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Habit: the shackles of the free

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

To understand everything is to forgive everything.