Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

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

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.