My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

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.

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.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.