Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Example is better than following it.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.