By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

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

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.