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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

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

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

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.