The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
- Topic: Conflict, Forgiveness, Negotiation
- Location: Canyonlands National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
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You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives, forgetting loses the lesson.
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
The better you are at communicating negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.
In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.
