The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.