Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.