Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

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.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.