Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

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.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.