It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.