Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

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

Much learning does not teach understanding.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out