Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

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

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination