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

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

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.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.