Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

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

Our distrust is very expensive.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges