The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.