You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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.

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

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Step after step the ladder is ascended