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

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

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

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.