Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

When weblame, we give away our power.

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

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

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.

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.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.