Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave