Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.