If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead. . . or a really effective oligarch.
Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes.
When you design someone's house, it's actually painful. I never say, "This house will be a total reflection of you and any defects in it will make you look defective. " But people do expect their homes to be reflections of themselves. So what I say is, "Just pretend this is your eighth home. By then you won't care. "
My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.