A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

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.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola