If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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.

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.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.