Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

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