All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.