Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

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

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

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho