It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

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