Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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.