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

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...