Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

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

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?