If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

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