He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.