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

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

You can't unscramble an egg.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges