Interdependency Follows Independence.

We Must Seek To Understand The Intent Of Communication Without Prejudging Or Rejecting The Content... Communication, After All, Is Not So Much A Matter Of Intellect As It Is Of Trust And Acceptance Of Others, Of Their Ideas And Feelings, Acceptance Of The Fact That They're Different, And That From Their Point Of View, They Are Right.

The Nature Of Life Is To Be A Study Of Contrasts: Joy/sadness, Full/empty. The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing.

Efficient Management Without Effective Leadership Is, As One Individual Phrased, It, "like Straightening Deck Chairs On The Titanic".

We Are Not Animals. We Are Not A Product Of What Has Happened To Us In Our Past. We Have The Power Of Choice.

Empathic Listening Takes Time, But It Doesn't Take Anywhere Near As Much Time As It Takes To Back Up And Correct Misunderstandings When You're Already Miles Down The Road; To Redo; To Live With Unexpressed And Unsolved Problems; To Deal With The Results Of Not Giving People Psychological Air.