A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

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

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Habit: the shackles of the free

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

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

They know enough who know how to learn.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought