Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you