Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Genius is a long impatience.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.