If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

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

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

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

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.