Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.