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.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.