There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned