All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.