Malice drinketh its own poison.

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.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.