The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

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.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

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