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

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains