A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

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

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends