To be preparedis half the victory.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

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.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

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

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.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.