You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

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

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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.