If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.