Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing