The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.