Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

The comforter's head never aches.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.