Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him