Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,