If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

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.