Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

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

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

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

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

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