A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.