The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

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

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.