Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

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,

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.