When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

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

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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

Compromise,n. 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.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.