Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

The property of power is to protect.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.