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27 <br /> <br />Quotes to Quotes to Quotes to Quotes to ponder…ponder…ponder…ponder… <br />“In one of our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 pounds on an iron frame. It is <br />proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.” -- Theodore E. Steinway <br /> <br />“Conflict isn't negative, it just is.” -- Thomas Crum <br /> <br />“Under normal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear, <br />and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positions become even more rigid and fixed.” – Marc <br />Robert <br /> <br />“Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth <br />and fascination.” -- Thomas Crum <br /> <br />“It is hard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because we are not nearly as <br />interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creating a new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.” -- <br />Thomas Crum <br /> <br />“In a conflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view to a viewing point – a <br />higher, more expansive place, from which you can see both sides.” -- Thomas Crum <br /> <br />“Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.” -- Max Lucade <br /> <br />“Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It <br />shocks us out of sheep like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.” – John Dewey <br /> <br />“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.” -- Indira Gandhi <br /> <br />“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- <br />alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.” -- Dorothy Thompson <br /> <br />“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.” -- Pierre Beaumarchais <br /> <br />“Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the <br />best.” -- R. Turnbull <br /> <br />“Conflict can be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither side loses and a new dance is created.” -- <br />Thomas Crum <br /> <br />“Through conflict we get to unity.” -- Dean Tjosvold <br /> <br />“Our lives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we do with conflict that <br />makes the difference.” -- Thomas Crum <br /> <br />Susan Sparks Many, Organizing for Success: Negotiation Handbook <br /> <br />December 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 2