Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.