The greatest prayer is patience.

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.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

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.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.