Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

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...

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

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

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.