The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Genius is a long impatience.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.