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

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

The greatest prayer is patience.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.