Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.