Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.