Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

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

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

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.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

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

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.