Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.