Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.