*
We
found out that the young people who had a substantial
number of lessons in the Resolving Conflict
Creatively Curriculum ... not only did better
in terms of people skills, that they managed
their emotions, they were less violent and more
caring, but they actually did better on their
academic achievement tests.
~ Linda Lantieri
Emotional
intelligence in the work that we do, in the Resolving
Conflict Creatively Program, is about equipping young
people with the kinds of skills they need to both
identify and manage their emotions, to communicate
those emotions effectively, and to resolve conflict
nonviolently. So it's a whole set of skills and competencies
that, for us, fall under the umbrella of emotional
intelligence.
~ Linda Lantieri
We're
finally learning that it is not an either-or situation
... Feelings and learning and emotion are all very
integral to each other."
~ Linda Lantieri
*
"...We
can work it out. Life is very short, and there's
no time for fussing and fighting, my friend."
-- John Lennon
& Paul
McCartney
*
"Discourage
litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise
whenever you can. Point out to them how the
nominal winner is often a real loser -- in fees,
expenses, and waste of time."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Conflict
is inevitable, but combat is optional.
-- Max Lucado
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot
enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine
cannot be separated.
-- Nelson Mandela
*
If
you talk to a man in a language he understands,
that goes to his head. If you talk to him in
his language, that goes to his heart.
-- Nelson Mandela
To
obtain a just compromise, concession must not only
mutual--it must be equal also....There can be no hope
that either will yield more than it gets in return.
-- Supreme Court Justice John Marshall
*
"...We
can work it out. Life is very short, and there's
no time for fussing and fighting, my friend."
-- Paul
McCartney & John
Lennon
*
“Dialogue
is the only way to end war and terror. We need
practical solidarity with those who are weaker
and diplomacy from below.”
-- Luisa
Morgantini
Though
we all have the fear and the seeds of anger
within us, we must learn not to water those
seeds and instead nourish our positive qualities
– those of compassion, understanding, and loving
kindness.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
The
practice of peace and reconciliation is one
of the most vital and artistic of human actions.”
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
*
To
reconcile conflicting parties, we must have
the ability to understand the suffering of both
sides.
--
Thich Nhat Hanh
"The
harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly;
it is dearness only that gives everything its
value. I love the man that can smile in trouble,
that can gather strength from distress and grow
brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little
minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and
whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue
his principles unto death."
-- Thomas Paine.
I
go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always
compromise, but compromise upwards.' -- Esther
Peterson
"You're in a much better position to talk with
people when they approach you than when you
approach them." -- Peace
Pilgrim
*
"This
is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good,
falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."
-- Peace
Pilgrim
*
"This
is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good,
falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."
-- Peace
Pilgrim
*
“When
will our consciences grow so tender that we
will act to prevent human misery rather than
avenge it?”
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
*
We
have to face the fact that either all of us
are going to die together or we are going
to learn to live together and if we are to
live together we have to talk.
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
*
"If
civilization is to survive, we must cultivate
the science of human relationships - the ability
of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together,
in the same world at peace."
-- Franklin
D. Roosevelt
"I
found one day in school a boy of medium size
ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated,
but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit
the babies; that's fair.' In these words he
epitomized the history of the human race."
-- Bertrand
Russell
*
For
love of domination we must substitute equality;
for love of victory we must substitute justice;
for brutality we must substitute intelligence;
for competition we must substitute cooperation.
We must learn to think of the human race as
one family. -- Bertrand
Russell
“The
only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” -- Bertrand
Russell
"To
observe people in conflict is a necessary part of
a child's education. It helps him to understand and
accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize
that differing opinions need not imply an absence
of love."
-- Milton R. Saperstein
I
will not play at tug o'war.
I'd rather play at hug o'war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.
-- Shel Silverstein
*
One
of the basic causes for all the trouble in the
world today is that people talk too much and
think too little. They act impulsively without
thinking. I always try to think before I talk.
-- Margaret
Chase Smith
Peace
is not the absence of conflict but the presence of
creative alternatives for responding to conflict --
alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives
to violence.
-- Dorothy Thompson
*
If
you have nothing to say, say nothing.
-- Mark Twain
The
story of the human race is characterized by efforts
to get along much more than by violent disputes, although
it's the latter that makes the history books. Violence
is actually exceptional. The human race has survived
because of cooperation, not aggression.
-- Gerard Vanderhaar
You
can stand tall without standing on someone. You can
be a victor without having victims.
-- Harriet Woods
“Cooperation
means win-win, confrontation means lose-lose.”
-- Zhu Feng
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