Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.