Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

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,

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

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

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.