I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

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

Only the educated are free.

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

Ittakes time to save time.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.