Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

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

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.