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

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.

Ideas are incestuous.

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.

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

Soul is nothing but the functional expression of protoplasmic activity in the brain.

Greed kills us all.

A town teeming with life. Full to overflowing. And every day, the good people counted their blessings. Every single one…

…a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.

You are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Government regulators are another name for police.

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.