An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite; he becomes more independent.

Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker.

It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.