Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.