Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

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

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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