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.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.