Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.