Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

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

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.