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

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

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

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.