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

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

To be preparedis half the victory.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

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

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.