Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

To beprepared is half the victory.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

To teach isto learn twice.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Throughconflict we get to unity.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.