Keeping The Moral High Ground

In any conflict / negotiation, never lose moral high ground.

There are other dimensions, of course. Benefits, losses, defense, very rarely and when completely unavoidable: even some aggression.

But above all this, always, is the moral viewpoint.

If you are sound morally, if you do not compromise on your ethics, if you stay sincere, even your enemies and critics will eventually respect you.

Sit and think about this. Recall incidents in your own life. Whenever you have seen someone being sincere, you have respected that - even if there are many other things you may not like about the person :). Isn't this true :)?

This is just how nature works. It cannot be any other way. Ever.