Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist.

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

I don’t always agree with my wife, but we discuss the issue with love and respect. And then I say “yes.”

One should not maintain a dispute.

I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

Unfortunately, we've reached a point in society where we don't mind staying mad at each other for awhile. It wasn't always like that.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That's the only way we'll find solutions.

I know a few expressions. I know what Hilary Clinton basically says in Russian when you translate her into Russian over and over and over is, 'izvinite pozhaluista.' That's, 'excuse me please, excuse me please.' Let's reset things. That's not the way you deal with folks. You show strength if you made a mistake.

If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, 'You can't afford to break up because you are going to lose the house.' The answer has to be only one thing, which is 'I love you.'

Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.

What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what's been the key to the success. We get into our little disagreements, and whether we're right or wrong, we'll go and apologize. That's just the way we are.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

If I settle a case out of court, it's because I love the person.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

Conflict resolution cannot be merely about eliminating all opposition or reducing the choices in negotiating the problem to two mutually exclusive sets of rights and wrongs. Rather, it must consist of laboring to bring everybody to accept reality and then to project a future with this understanding as the foundation.