...context boxes are so rapidly accessible. What Controls the Persistence of Processes? Edmund Burke 1790: "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and...relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial." Whatever you happen to be doing right now, you could have chosen other alternatives, and whatever you're...

...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This conflict with difficulty makes us acquainted with our object, and compels us to consider it in...relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial." Men who have the right kind of material in them will assert their personality, and rise in spite of...

...1622-1693Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei, Yoshito Hakeda, ed., Peter Haskel, tr., 1984 He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. - Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 ~ The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain...

...dinner, he said: Franklin's grit and determination again proved the wisdom of Edmund Burke's saying, that "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves,...sharpens our skill: our antagonist is our helper." The poor and friendless lad, George Peabody, weary, footsore, and hungry, called on a tavern in Concord,...

...triggering event to your success. For some, the best incentive to success may be an unmitigated challenge. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. — Edmund Burke You will breakdown in some depth the personalities that you encounter in real life...

..."When someone contradicts me, he arouses my attention, not my anger";5 and, analogously, Edmund Burkes "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper"6 up to the recent and quite surprising title of one of Anthony Campolo's books: "We have met...