Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

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

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

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.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'