To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.