Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

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.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.