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.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.