In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

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

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,