All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

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

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

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

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.