The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

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

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.