Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

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

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

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 speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.