Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

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.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The present is never a happy state to any being

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.