Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.