Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.