If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

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.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

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

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.