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

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

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

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

... 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

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.