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.

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

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

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

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.