The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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