Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

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

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

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.