Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

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