Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

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.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.