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

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.