Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

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

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.