Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

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

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

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

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol