If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

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.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

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.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.