Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.