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

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

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

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.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.