Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

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 takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour