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A good swordsman is not given to quarrel.

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A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.

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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

Seneca the Younger

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5

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

Napoleon Hill

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Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.

Philip Sidney

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7

Don't jump on a man unless he is down.

Finley Peter Dunne

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For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. -- (Romans 7:19

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I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.

G. K. Chesterton

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10

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Plato

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I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. -- 2 Timothy 4:7

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Benjamin Franklin

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If we cannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

John F. Kennedy

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Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.

Vernon Howard

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It is the eternal struggle between these two principles -- right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it.

Abraham Lincoln

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It's when you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Thornton Wilder

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17

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Richard Nixon

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18

Modern science knows much about such conflicts. We call the mental state that engenders it ambivalence: a collision between thought and feeling.

David Seabury

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19

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Robert Collier

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20

Only by pride comes contention; but, with the well-advised is wisdom. -- Proverbs 13:10

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21

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

Joseph Roux

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22

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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23

The archenemy is the arch stupid!

Thomas Carlyle

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24

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

Richard DeVos

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25

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

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

Henry David Thoreau

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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Carl Jung

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28

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. -- Matthew 26:41

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The trouble with self-made men is that they tend to worship their creator.

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31

The war existing between the senses and reason.

Blaise Pascal

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32

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

Charles Caleb Colton

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33

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Mahatma Gandhi

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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

Vernon Howard

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35

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

Blaise Pascal

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36

We are the prisoners of ideas.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We cannot really think in one way and act in another...

Thomas Troward

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We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

Jacob Bronowski

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39

We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves...

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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40

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.

Vernon Howard

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41

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

James Thurber

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42

What people need and what they want may be very different.

Elbert Hubbard

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43

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson

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Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

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Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in conflict with yourself.

Tom Hopkins

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You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable,

Diana, Princess of Wales

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You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

Zig Ziglar

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You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

Albert Einstein

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A good swordsman is not given to quarrel.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.

Don't jump on a man unless he is down.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. -- (Romans 7:19

I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. -- 2 Timothy 4:7

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If we cannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.

It is the eternal struggle between these two principles -- right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it.

It's when you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Modern science knows much about such conflicts. We call the mental state that engenders it ambivalence: a collision between thought and feeling.

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Only by pride comes contention; but, with the well-advised is wisdom. -- Proverbs 13:10

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

The archenemy is the arch stupid!

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.

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

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. -- Matthew 26:41

The trouble with self-made men is that they tend to worship their creator.

The war existing between the senses and reason.

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

We are the prisoners of ideas.

We cannot really think in one way and act in another...

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.

We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves...

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

What people need and what they want may be very different.

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in conflict with yourself.

You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable,

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.