Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

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 fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Genius is a long impatience.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.