Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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…

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.