Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.