Ideas are incestuous.

the mediation of internal conflicts can be resolved by linkages with other problems.

A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.

Disputants often fare poorly when they each act greedily and deceptively.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return. Successful artists get more than they give up.

A mediator is an impartial outsider who tries to aid the negotiators in their quest to find a compromise agreement.

The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities.

We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.

A lot depends on the starting point.

The party that negotiates in haste is often at a disadvantage.

Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.

Some lesson are learnt the hard way, but worthy.

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.

The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.

All names and forms are the garbs and covers under which the one life is hidden.

Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.

... the future is under no obligation to wait patiently while we get ready for it.

Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it.

The best way to battle fear is with courage. You have to look at the opposite of fear: Fear is scared of courage.

Choking is about thinking too much. Panic is about thinking too little. Choking is about loss of instinct. Panic is reversion to instinct. They may look the same, but they are worlds apart.

Do not spend your time thinking about the world or your relationships to individuals. These are all impermanent. They have only to do with the body.