We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall 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.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

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

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.