Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.