Compromise.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.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.