A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.