Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen