Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

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

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No strength within, no respect without.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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