The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Renown and repose do not go together.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.