To teach isto learn twice.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

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 bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.