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.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

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

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.