Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

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

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits