In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Habit: the shackles of the free

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

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

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

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.