Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

God made time, but man made haste.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.