To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

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

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

To teach isto learn twice.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.