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.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Neversay more than is necessary.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.