The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

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