Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.