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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Genius is a long impatience.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.