Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

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

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…