I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.