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

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.