Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

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