Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.