If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

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

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

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

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.