Of all human foibles

Of all human foibles
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
  

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Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.
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.
A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:
Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.
Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.
He who truly knows has no occasion to shout
Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.
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.
Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.
Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.