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

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

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

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.