The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Example is better than following it.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

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

Our power is in our ability to decide.