Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.