Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

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

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him