Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

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

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.