Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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.