Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

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

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

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

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable