Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

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.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.