Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

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.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

God made time, but man made haste.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.