In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

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 great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.