When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

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

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.