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

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.