If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

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

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

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