Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

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

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

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

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.