Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout