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

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

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

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.