I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

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

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.