Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

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.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.