We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Stability is not immobility

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.