This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.