The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task.

Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust.

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes.

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I was running on the KGB, by giving them people that I knew were their double agents fed to us.

Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB officers that I was dealing with.

The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people.

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for.

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.

An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a machinery that is supposed to resolve its reliability, and to present a finished product.

The church has lost its ability to discipline members who live openly in sin. Consequently, we have lost our witness in the community.

God has blessed me with an unbelievable talent, with fast feet, fast hands, unbelievable defense and a very, very sharp mind. So I'm thankful for that.

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.

Know that you have a center.Know that you belong there.Know that the path to the center takes no effort.

It is interesting ... how weapons reflect the soul of the maker.

What if history was changed? slavery reversed Would black ladies see white boys and clinch they purse?

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

I have terrible luck. Last week my chauffeur ran off without my wife.

You have to learn to read between the lies.

You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly.