Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

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