Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

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

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

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

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.