A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Only the educated are free.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

The present is never a happy state to any being