Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.