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

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

God has created the world in play.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

When weblame, we give away our power.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.