Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Genius is a long impatience.

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

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

God has created the world in play.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.