A lot depends on the starting point.

the mediation of internal conflicts can be resolved by linkages with other problems.

A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.

Disputants often fare poorly when they each act greedily and deceptively.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return. Successful artists get more than they give up.

A mediator is an impartial outsider who tries to aid the negotiators in their quest to find a compromise agreement.

The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities.

Ideas are incestuous.

We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.

The party that negotiates in haste is often at a disadvantage.

Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.

My intention was, only, ever to help you see the light shining brightly in front, and inside, of you.

Forgiveness is the ocean that already surrounds us when we launch our prayers of repentance to God. We do not manufacture the ocean by our repentance

Lydia shrugged. "At least we'll have some stories to tell after graduation.""These aren't the kind of stories I want to tell.

We are the beauty of the worldenveloped within the confines of a human structure:created out of love to lovefor all of eternity.

My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.

My mom is practically my stylist. My mom's amazing, she's like everything woman.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

As a part owner, I'm going to be not only an admirer... but a nervous wreck.

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.

Men are the Rosie-the-Riveters of parenting. They're brought in only when needed, and considered disposable thereafter.