Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

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 average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.