“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.”

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

I live in my deepest hell and from there I cannot fall any further.

In order to know the light, we must first experience the darkness.

The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man.

Nothing is possible without love, For love puts one in a mood to risk everything.

Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide.

Enlightenment doesnt occur from sitting around visualizing images of light, but from integrating the darker aspects of the Self into the conscious personality.

Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness.

Normality is a fine ideal for those who have no imagination.

Invited or not, God is present.

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

The true leader is always led.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.

Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.

A quiet mind sees no conflict.

We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there’s nothing we can do.

Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell. When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in.

For me, drama is conflict.

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.

One of the main reasons for the conflict in Syria, and the terrorism that it’s spawned, is climate change and drought.