I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

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

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.