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.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

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,

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.