A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.