When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

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

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.

The greatest prayer is patience.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.