Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

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.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

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