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.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.