It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Our distrust is very expensive.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

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

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.