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

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.