Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

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

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.