The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

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.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.