We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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.

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

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

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

The first duty of love is to listen.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.