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.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.