As a final incentive before giving up a

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to