Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

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

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.