If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Malice drinketh its own poison.