Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'