Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

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.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Habit: the shackles of the free

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

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Thereare two sides to every question.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

The World is but, a school of inquiry.