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

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

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.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.