Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.