Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.