If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

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.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

As long as there is life there is danger.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

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

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.