He had been fighting with himself longer than he could remember and was still not sure who was winning.

There will be places where I seem to be arguing with myself. I am.

You see I don't even know myself and am really trying to argue it out with myself - anyway it isn't very important. (1934)

Tell your story. I can see you are fighting yourself over it.

I'd argue with you, but I suspect it would feel a bit like arguing with myself." "Futile?" "Boring.

I…don't feel like I've won.…

People fight not because they disagree,but because they don’t know they agree.

I don’t know if I’m partisan to the underdog or whether I’m the underdog.

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

Well, who decides who has won or lost? It's not like Avondale any more. That was easy. We charged. They ran. We captured their cannon. Now, that was a victory. Now, we just charge each other, kill each other, and argue about who won.

When evenly matched, you cannot win against your enemy unless you understand them. And if you truly understand, why are you fighting and not talking?

What's all this love of arguing? No one ever convinces anyone else.

I compete with myself.

Odds are, the latest office debate or family squabble isn't worth winning. Most arguments are only tangentially related to your end goal.

What outcomes are you actually trying to create? What type of life are you actually trying to cultivate? Stay focused.