Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.