Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.