Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A room without books is a body without soul

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.