It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

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

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.