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

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel