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

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Liberation is not deliverance.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him