If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

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

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.