Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

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

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

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