Use softwords and hard arguments.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

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

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

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.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.