“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
“Are you guys really arguing over where to eat dinner?""It's one of the more savage tools in the diplomatic arsenal.”
“He’d sworn off sex, remember? Not unless he could do it properly, humanly, heartfully.”
“Soetsu Yanagi, in the "Unknown Craftsman", writes, "Man is most free when his tools are proportionate to his needs." For example, for optimal productivity, a carpenter needs woodworking tools and an environment conducive to his work, not a steam shovel or army tank.”
“I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need to have integrity. You need to work with what you've got.”