Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

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.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.