I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

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

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea