Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.