The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it