Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

The property of power is to protect.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.